Wilmington, NC News

Two wrestling coaches fired after wrestler injured

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Two Gaston County high school wrestlingcoaches have been fired after an athlete was injured in practice.

The Gaston Gazette reports that South Point High School wrestling coachJock Smith and assistant coach John Goodwin were fired on Monday by GastonCounty Schools.

Goodwin said Tuesday it was an accident and he didn’t do it onpurpose.

The father of 15-year-old Cody Merrill says his son suffered abroken collarbone last week when Goodwin jerked him into the airand threw him down to the mat. Shane Merrill said his son’s injurywon’t require surgery, but he will be wearing a sling and mustrefrain from physical activity for up to eight weeks, meaning hewill miss the rest of the wrestling season, which was his first.

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